Tools of a bygone era

Dominion Land Survey working at the turn of the 19th Century in Alberta.
Dominion Land Survey working at the turn of the 19th century in Alberta.

A surveyor friend of mine stopped by on the weekend. Actually, Reid Wilson asked if he could poke around the corner of my front yard last Saturday. I obliged, but wondered what it was all about. He said he was doing a quick unofficial survey looking for property lines, but he needed to find a key marker.

“Any idea where the corner survey stake is?” he asked me.

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